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Personal space in our society and many western cultures for that matter, is considered to be just outside your arms reach. If the right hand is offered we think of this as a polite gesture for a handshake. It is in fact an age old practice showing that your fighting hand is not holding a weapon and therefore you mean no harm. It still applies to most social situations today. As for being prepared to take defensive action once an adversary is within an arms reach you're in serious trouble. Learn something about body language, and eye contact and you might be better prepared to stop a problem before it starts. That applies to both lethal and nonlethal means with nonlethal being preferred. You can't just place a quick shot from your trusty .45 into a stranger's bread basket because he invaded your space. His hand going inside his coat might be an attempt to grab a business card to hand to you rather than going for his gat. JMHO
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